MPs say ministers should move faster on Decent Homes rules, Awaabs Law and the PRS Database, raising the prospect of earlier compliance pressure for landlords.
Ministers have defended the future private landlord redress scheme in the House of Lords, rejecting warnings that another mandatory ombudsman-style layer could drive more landlords…
Scottish housebuilding completions fell 10 percent in 2025-26 and new starts dropped to their lowest level since 2012-13, according to fresh Scottish Government figures that...
The government has said it has introduced no specific measures to support small-scale landlords, even as ministers insist the Renters’ Rights Act will still bring...
Goodlord says average rents rose 6.5 percent in June from May, with annual inflation hitting 7.8 percent as Section 13 pressure keeps rent resets elevated…
Lendco has cut buy-to-let fixed rates from 4.29 percent in its July refresh, with lower pricing across standard, limited company and larger HMO landlord deals.
Rightmove says the 1 July energy price cap rise could add up to £591 a year to bills for G-rated homes, sharpening the commercial case…
County Durham is tightening its HMO planning test before the countywide Article 4 switch on 17 August, with new proposals to block approvals where shared…
Nationwide said UK annual house price growth picked up to 2.2 percent in June, up from 1.7 percent in May, while average prices were broadly...
HMRC says UK residential property transactions fell to 98,450 in May, marking a second straight monthly drop and giving landlords a clearer read on softer…
The government says future Private Rented Sector Database fees could help fund council enforcement, giving landlords a clearer signal on how the new regime may…
HomeLet says average UK rents reached £1,353 in June, with London up 5 percent year on year and still leading the sharpest regional pressure in…
Westminster has confirmed a £1,540 additional HMO licence fee from 31 August, lifting total landlord licensing costs to £2,167 in one of several council scheme…
Paragon has added £1,000 cashback to 21 buy-to-let mortgage products across single lets, HMOs and multi-unit blocks, widening lender competition on total borrowing cost rather…
Zoopla says three in five homes put up for sale since January were still without a buyer by the end of June, a fresh sign…
Hertsmere Borough Council has served Section 46 notices on four Potters Bar HMOs after waste complaints, warning landlords that fixed penalties can follow if bin…
Bank of England data shows mortgage approvals for house purchases fell to 56,200 in May, the lowest level since December 2023, as borrowing costs rose...
EPC data shows 55 percent of homes in England and Wales still sit at band D or below, keeping a large share of landlords in…
The government has formally repealed the Vagrancy Act from 29 June, ending the use of a nearly 200-year-old law that criminalised rough sleeping and begging...
The Mortgage Works has cut selected buy-to-let rates again, with a two-year limited company deal at 75 percent loan-to-value now priced at 4.09 percent. The...
SpareRoom says 85 percent of renters back rent controls after another year of rent rises, with 32 percent saying they were forced to move in the past year because housing had become unaffordable.
Matthew Pennycook says ministers will review how the Renters’ Rights Act affects student HMOs, but has offered no student-specific fix as landlords head into the next academic letting cycle.
Paragon says average gross rental yields across its landlord lending book rose to 7.02 percent in Q2 2026, with HMOs still delivering the strongest returns at 8.9 percent.
Slough Borough Council has opened a 10-week consultation on licensing plans that could pull almost 17,000 private rented homes into new controls, with landlords facing fees of £750 for selective licences and £950 for additional HMO licences.
Angela Rayner has returned to the housing brief as ministers prepare the next Renters’ Rights Act rollout phase, with landlords still waiting for dates on the private rented sector database, redress scheme and council enforcement changes.
BBC Panorama has aired a new investigation into criminal gangs using fake IDs, false references and sham tenancy applications to take control of rental properties, with affected landlords describing months-long fights to recover homes turned into drug factories, brothels and illegal sublets.
Rightmove says the average asking price of a newly listed home fell 1.0 percent in July to £372,359, while homes for sale stayed close to a 12-year high and first-half sales agreed ran 6 percent below last year.
Lloyds Living has agreed to buy 980 rental homes from Barratt Redrow across 14 schemes, with the first homes due to reach the market from autumn 2026 and delivery running to the end of 2029.
Birmingham City Council says early checks under its new Airbnb data-sharing deal have identified six suspected social housing fraud cases, as councils widen digital enforcement against illegal subletting.
RICS says new buyer enquiries stayed at -29 percent in June while agreed sales remained at -32 percent, as political uncertainty around the incoming prime minister added another housing-market headwind.
NRLA data shows councils in England are collecting only 24.9 percent of civil penalties issued to private landlords, just as tougher HHSRS on-the-spot fines move into force.
LendInvest says professional landlords and portfolio investors drove £917 million of buy-to-let lending in FY26, as the specialist lender returned to profit and assets under management rose 18 percent.
Foxtons says the Renters’ Rights Act wiped £3 million from lettings revenue in May and June, with student tenancies taking the biggest hit after higher termination levels.
TwentyCi says 834,800 landlord-owned homes have left the private rented sector over the past decade, even as June 2026 delivered the first year-on-year rise in available rental stock for five years.
HMRC says landlords in Making Tax Digital for Income Tax must file their first quarterly updates by 7 August, making the opening 2026-27 filing window the first live compliance test for affected property income taxpayers.
